Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient needs utilizing nursing process.  Actively participates in providing patient care as defined by multidisciplinary plan of care.  Provides direct and indirect nursing care to adult and geriatric patient populations with diverse cultural backgrounds as well as varying ages pertinent to their assigned areas.  The Staff Nurse manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members. The Staff Nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.

Qualifications: SC RN license required. BLS, ACLS and BSN preferred.  BLS and ACLS must be successfully completed within 90 days from date of hire. Critical thinking skills and the ability to prioritize care delivery based on individual patient needs and complexity of patient workload and assessment findings required.  ADN candidates must be enrolled in a BSN program within 18 months from date of hire and are required to obtain BSN within four (4) years of date of hire. For current AnMed Health Associate Degree Nurses (ADN) who were hired as RNs prior to January 1, 2013, and already working as an acute care Staff Nurse as of that date, the requirement to obtain BSN within four (4) years will be waived.